Seen the official Cricket World Cup watch already?

It was the official timekeeper for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and Formula One too in the past, apart from collaborating with athlete Usain Bolt and basketball legend Kobe Bryant, among others. And on each occasion, they manufactured a special timepiece to toast that collaboration.

So, the minute we heard Hublot had partnered with the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup as the official timekeeper for the tournament that kicks off next month, our minds flew into overdrive trying to figure what this new timepiece would look like. Ridiculously bonkers (think Hublot La Ferrari) or conventional and safe?

When the first images of the new watch trickled out, happily, our first impression of Hublot’s Classic Fusion Chrono Cricket was that it hit the sweet spot in between. The timepiece has some very obvious cues to the sport. There’s a triple applique at 12 o’clock that represents the stumps. The minute-and-hour hand are contoured like the reverse of a bat. And although the dial has been openworked, telling the time off it isn’t a task. Flip it over, and you’ll find the tournament’s logo on the sapphire caseback. Some believe it to be inspired by cricketing god Sachin Tendulkar’s iconic stand-and-pull-short-ball-across-the-boundary shot.

At 45mm, this automatic chrono is an immensely wearable watch. Each timepiece comes with a red strap and contrasting white stitch (and a complimentary white one too) in a nod to the cricket ball. The King Gold version of this timepiece is limited to 100 pieces and costs Rs25.5lakh a pop, while the Titanium edition limited to 250 pieces costs half that at Rs11.67lakh each. Where do we sign?